MWC 2018: The best and worst of the past five years

2017: LG G6

As we look back over the last five years of MWC, we see some winners and some losers. Samsung tended to have winners most of the time, while LG and HTC had a few difficult projects.

The LG G6 was announced last year and was the first of the 2017 phones to maximize the display and blow away the screen-to-body ratio. It was a fantastic phone, but didn't get much respect when Samsung followed up soon after with the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.

2016: LG G5

Our first flop in the gallery comes to us from LG. The G5 was LG's attempt to release a modular smartphone, but there were only two "modules" and the trade-offs incorporated to make it modular ended up making the LG G5 one to forget.

There were some great features in the phone, but the construction was rather poor and we never saw any further development of modules to use with it.

2015: Samsung Galaxy S6

The Samsung Galaxy S6 rocked the mobile world as Samsung introduced a rather radical design for its Galaxy product. Batteries were no longer removable, there were curved glass edges, and glass front and back panels were employed.

The S6 also had an awesome camera and was one of the best devices of 2015.

Mobile World Congress is the premier trade show for mobile hardware, software, accessories and services. We regularly see new smartphones and wearables, some good and some bad, so let's take a glance at the past five years.

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2017: LG G6

As we look back over the last five years of MWC, we see some winners and some losers. Samsung tended to have winners most of the time, while LG and HTC had a few difficult projects.

The LG G6 was announced last year and was the first of the 2017 phones to maximize the display and blow away the screen-to-body ratio. It was a fantastic phone, but didn't get much respect when Samsung followed up soon after with the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.